He eventually arrives at the roof of the skyscraper, where he finds Sonia and the other woman, Elizébet, as they fly away in a helicopter. Ryu, being the showoff that he is, climbs the skyscraper next to it, spots Sonia and another woman and leaps towards the building. Ryu races around the Tokyo skyscrapers slaughtering enemies left and right, and eventually he arrives at a skyscraper where Sonia is being held captive. Ryu is unable to prevent the the Black Spider Ninjas from taking her away though. Sonia proves no match for these ninjas, but suddenly Ryu comes to her aid out of nowhere. Sonia is about to leave when they get attacked by Black Spider Ninjas. Unfortunately, Muramasa has no idea where Ryu is. Sonia is a CIA agent in search of the Ninja Ryu Hayabusa. One year after the original Ninja Gaiden for the NES, the story of Ninja Gaiden II starts off in Tokyo, where the blacksmith Muramasa is visited by the attractive Sonia. Like the original Ninja Gaiden and Black, Ninja Gaiden II saw a remake on the PS3, called Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Along the way, he must defeat four greater fiends who have existed since ancient times and rule over their own element, the leader of the Spider Ninja Clan, the Archfiend himself, and many other large creatures which impair his path. Because of this, a vast array of environments are visited as Ryu attempts to defeat a demonic cult attempting to revive the Archfiend. This Ninja Gaiden game features a purely linear storyline where the only deviating paths from the main one are small areas which contain items, and with only 2 exceptions, the same place will never be visited twice. However, it has also been improved upon in nearly every way including finishing moves referred to as "obliteration techniques," a vast array of both melee and ranged weapons, and a menu used to switch weapons, ninpo, and use items on the fly. The gameplay in Ninja Gaiden II is similar to that of the original Xbox game to where one can go from one game to the other with a minimal learning curve. This statement made more sense in the days following the game's release, as Itagaki has since left Tecmo and Team Ninja, and is currently taking legal action against the company in a dispute over promised bonuses. Lead designer and now-former head of Team Ninja, Tomonobu Itagaki, stated that this would be his last Ninja Gaiden game. This time around, however, Microsoft is handling the publishing duties. The game continues the saga of head ninja Ryu Hayabusa and is once again developed by Tecmo's Team Ninja. After seeing a few updates and re-releases, Ninja Gaiden finally spawned a sequel on June 3, 2008.
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